A race for Guillen – Announcement

The La Nurcia track in Italy, host of the The Italian Job race in August, will hold the “A race for Guillen” event at the 25th and 26th of July. The charity race for young Spaniard Juan Guillermo Carrasco, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, was set up to raise the awareness and to collect money for a Spanish organisation that does research on this rare disease. The race will take place in nitro and electric classes and more information (in Spanish language) can be found here.

Joseph Quagraine doubles at Finnish 1/8th Nats Rd1

The first round of the Finnish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Jyrkkälä track in Turku in the two categories of nitro and electric. Before the start of the 45 minute Nitro Buggy main final Joseph Quagraine broke his buggy’s engine due to radio problems and a servo that jammed at full throttle. Having called for a 10 minute delay to fix the problem Joseph and his mechanics rushed into the pits, changed the radio tray and engine, made it back on time, tuned the engine and started the race from the last position. With 7 minutes to go Joseph grabbed the lead and he kept it until the end of the race, handing him the win.

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